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<p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=new%20haven&svnum=30&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N&ndsp=18&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=il%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://maps.google.com/maps?q=new%20haven&svnum=30&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N&ndsp=18&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=il&lt;/a>
2500 Lawrenceville Rd, Trenton, NJ 08648 <-- real adress</p>

<p>yes, it's officially in trenton</p>

<p>just like st georges is in middletown, not newport.</p>

<p>these are pics of blairstown:
<a href="http://pix.epodunk.com/NJ/nj_blairstown01.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pix.epodunk.com/NJ/nj_blairstown01.jpg&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.blairstown-nj.org/images/blairstown1.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.blairstown-nj.org/images/blairstown1.jpg&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.bnblist.com/nj/alexander_adams_homestead/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bnblist.com/nj/alexander_adams_homestead/&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.homesalediy.com/pictures/cjmilolson/2051/a0.JPG%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.homesalediy.com/pictures/cjmilolson/2051/a0.JPG&lt;/a>
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/104/250791047_f255670d29.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://static.flickr.com/104/250791047_f255670d29.jpg&lt;/a>
<a href="http://data.jsvt.net/Jsvt/Tours/x2216/x346/2216346/SystemPhotos/1152660948490.240x160.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://data.jsvt.net/Jsvt/Tours/x2216/x346/2216346/SystemPhotos/1152660948490.240x160.jpg&lt;/a>
<a href="http://images.agentedit.com/images/5622/Hope%20Office.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://images.agentedit.com/images/5622/Hope%20Office.jpg&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.allthingsgood.biz/people_pictures.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.allthingsgood.biz/people_pictures.htm&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.bbanj.org/images/logo_pic1.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bbanj.org/images/logo_pic1.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>..how could that be a dump?</p>

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<p>hotchkiss, groton doesnt seem very diverse to me. its funny cuz i used to not like hotchkiss but then i visited and itc ompletely changed my mind. :)</p>

<p>Lawrenceville or Milton?</p>

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<ol>
<li> Lawrenceville is in Lawrence Township, not Trenton</li>
<li> The village of Blairstown, which is next to campus, is quaint and charming. There is a highway district that one drives through to get to campus that is neither.</li>
<li> In my opinion, Blair has one of the prettiest campuses in the country.</li>
<li> NJ, like Connecticut, has awful cities. But like Connecticut, it has beautiful rural and sem-rural ares. In addition to those places, named by others, there are beautiful towns in the Somerset Hills, including Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone, Bernardsville and others.</li>
<li> In addition to its 5 boarding schools, NJ has some first rate day schools, including those named above, like Pingry, Delbarton, Newark Academy and Princeton Day School.</li>
</ol>

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<p>Let's see if we can get this on track again...</p>

<p>Andover or Exeter?</p>

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<p>Exeter. However, my Andover application was much, much stronger than the all of the others. I feel that I have a much stronger chance at Andover now and a worse chance at Hotchkiss, Deerfield, and Exeter.</p>

<p>Deerfield or NC School of Science and Math?</p>

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<p>Deerfield.</p>

<p>Le Rosey or Harrow/girl's equivalent.</p>

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<p>Hard, choice, but Harrow.
Athenian or Culver?</p>

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<p>Athenian because Culver is in Indiana and it's a military academy. Athenian is in California, right?</p>

<p>Dalton or Collegiate for boys, Brearley for girls.</p>

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<p>Yes, the Athenian is in the Bay Area.
Dalton's co-ed, isn't it?</p>

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<p>Yeah.</p>

<p>I just meant you could either pick Dalton, or Collegiate if you're a boy and Brearley is you're a girl.</p>

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<p>I get it now. Dalton.
Trinity or Spence?</p>

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<p>Trinity.</p>

<p>Harvard-Westlake or Dalton?</p>

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<p>Harvard-Westlake. It's in California and Dalton's full of druggies (a little tip-off for those of you who are jaded). The school has started to get better in the last couple of years but as a whole, it has a lot of sketchy kids. </p>

<p>Marymount or Sacred Heart (& if you know, which one's better academically?)
Or if you're a boy, St. Albans or Collegiate?</p>

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<p>Definitely Collegiate. I was going to apply there when my dad was offered a job in NYC. Too bad he didn't take it...</p>

<p>Interlochen or Concord?</p>

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<p>I thought you didn't want to go to an all-boys' school.
Concord.
Groton or Culver?</p>

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<p>They were both all boys.</p>

<p>Groton.</p>

<p>St. Mark's or St. Paul's?</p>

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<p>St. Pauls. But neither, really. </p>

<p>Marymount or Sacred Heart (& if you know, which one's better academically? I might apply to Marymount)</p>

<p>Please answer this only if you know. If you don't, ah well...</p>

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<p>Why don't you like St. Paul's? </p>

<p>And isn't Marymount Catholic? I thought you were Jewish...</p>

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<p>It seems like a stiff place. Stuffy. It reminds me a little of Groton.</p>

<p>And I am Jewish but none of the good coed regular schools are accepting applications for the 12th grade (and I'm not repeating. I want to go to college! lol) and neither are the girl's schools, but Marymount said they'd see if they had space. If I apply I'll probably get in, but I want to know how it compares to other schools.</p>

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<p>Oh, I understand?</p>

<p>What college do you want to attend and what would you like to study?</p>